German Enigma machine

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cipher machine
gptkbp:code gptkb:Enigma
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Arthur_Scherbius
gptkbp:features plugboard
reflector
rotors
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1944
gptkbp:firstPublished 1923
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German Enigma machine
gptkbp:influencedBy previous cipher machines
gptkbp:inventor 1920s
gptkbp:majorIndustry keyboard
circuit board
lampboard
gptkbp:notableFor complex encryption
gptkbp:notableUsers gptkb:Bill_Tutte
gptkb:Gordon_Welchman
gptkb:Marian_Rejewski
gptkb:Alan_Turing
gptkb:Dilly_Knox
gptkb:Peter_Hilton
gptkb:William_Friedman
gptkb:John_Tiltman
gptkb:Alfred_D._Hershey
gptkb:Simon_Singh
Kurt Gödel
Ralph Erskine
David_Kahn
Hugh_Alexander
Andrew_Hodges
Harry_Hinsley
Jack_Good
John_Herivel
Mavis_Batey
Peter_B._Andrews
gptkbp:operationalStatus substitution cipher
gptkbp:paymentMethods cryptanalysis
gptkbp:releasedIn Allied_cryptanalysts
gptkbp:security high
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lorenz_cipher_machine
gptkbp:type electromechanical
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:usedFor military communications
gptkbp:usedIn naval operations
air force communications
ground forces communications